Mechanical toy



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' FBANKIJ. mnns'rnoivr, or BRIDGEPORT, oonnnorron'r, ASSIGNOR TO THELINDSTROM TOOL & TOY COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A'CORPORATIONOF CON- nncmicur.

MECHANICAL TOY.

Application filed June 9, 1925. Serial No. 35,836.

- The present invention relates to an improved mechanical toy, and morearticularly a dancing figure toy in the orm of a doll, animal, or thelike, an object being toprovide such a device adapted to stand uprightly and operated in a mannerto be vibrated or jiggered in simulationof a shimmy dance. 1

Another object is to provide such a device of extremely simpleconstruction, and preferably formed of sheet metal, as tin, pressed toshape, the devicefaccording to its present embodiment consisting of fourpressed metal pieces, a front and back and two feet members, and whichare secured together by integral clamping lugs.

A further object is to providea device in which the motoris secured toone of the metal pieces only, and in which the set of the figure is suchas to balance the motor during its vibratory operation in a mannertomaintain the figure in standing position.

A still further object is to providea type of figure adapted for directornamentation,

as by painting, but which may, if desired,

. be provided with afabric dress and. an

attached face portion of celluloid or other suitable material. i

-With the above and otherfobjects in view, embodiments of the inventionare shown in the accompanying drawings, and these embodiments will behereinafter more fully described, and the invention will be finallypointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a mechanical doll, according to oneembodiment of the invention, having a fabric dress;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View of an embodiment, without the fabricdress, and showing the upper portion in side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a detail View of the vibratory motor employed;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the foot portions detached;

Fig. 5 is a front view of the leg end of the figure, without the footattached; and

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view, along the line 66 of Fig. 2.

7 Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Fig. 2 thereof, thedevice, according to the embodiment shown therein,

are slightly offset" from the outer upon the front near the heel with a.circular comprises front and back body portions 10 and 11 pressed toshape from sheet.tin,-or other suitable material, and havingtheirmeeting edges in a flat plane inclined slightlyforward in the standingposition of the figure, as shown. At suitable points along these meetingedges there are provided integral projecting lugs 12, 13 andl, two ofthese being onone edge in spaced relation, and the other being on theother edge and disposed between the first two. These lugs the bodyportions, as shown in Fig.6, and by pressing the same down upon theouter surface of the opposed portions theisame are rigidly clampedtogether. i

Thelower endsof the body portions terinmate in bifurcated leg portions15 and 16,

surface of annular-1y beadedas at 17, and provided and backedges withdown- Wardly' projecting pairs of spaced lugs 18 and 19. .The two footportions 20 are pressed from vsheet tin, or other suitable material, andare each provided with, a flat outwardly projecting marginal flange 21adapted ,to engage flatly upon-the supporting surface upon which thefigure is stood, thelength of the. feet and their spacing being suchthat the figure is firmly supported against falling; Each foot isprovided aperture 22 provided with diametrically opposed. lugs 23 and24, and the same is assembled with the leg portion'by engaging thebeaded edge 17 of the latter with the upper surface of the foot aboutthe aperture 22, so that the lugs 18 and19 at the front and rear engageat each side of the lugs 23 and 24, the lugs of the leg portion beingbent outwardly against the inner surface of the foot, while 11 and bentover to secure the motor unit upon the inner side of said portion. Themotor is provided with a winding handle or key 28 extended through ahole 29 in the glortion 11 and adapted to be turned to wind t e spring80, which through suitable gears 31, 32 and 33 rotates a. shaft 345mounted in in the same direction as tation of said welght'whlle themotor 1s runthe motor frame and depending substantially verticallytherefrom, the axis of this shaft being parallel to the tilt of thefigure, and upon the end of said shaft there is secured an eccentric orunbalanced weight 35.

,It will be noted that the weight is below the center of gravity, whichin combination with the forward tilting of the figure and the support ofthe motor upon the back body portion, tends to balance the figure, sothat it is firmly supported on the feet, and even withexcessivevibration, and turningmovement, will not fall over.

In operation the rotation of the eccentricweight produces a vibratory orjiggering movement in the figure, which closely imitates a shimmy dance,the figure at the same time executing a pivoting or turning movement dueto gyratory forces set up by the weighted motor shaft, this movementbeing the direction of roning fast and being in the opposite directionwhen the motor is running slow.

' As shown in Figure 1 the figure is provided with a'fabricdress 36including a hood 37 in the opening of which a face portion 38 ofcelluloid or the like is secured by sewing, the head thus formed beingsupported by the head portion of the metal body. It is obvi one that theform of the device may be varied to represent numerous figures, asdancing dolls clowns, monkeys,

Y and the like.

I have illustrated and satisfactory embodiments of the invention, but itwill be made thereln, wlthin the spirit and scope thereof, as defined inthe appended claims.

'holl'owed sheet metal gether with their edges in Teddy bears,

and'described preferred be obvious that changes may Having thusdescribed my invention, what 'Iclaim and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

1. In a toy of hollow figure including sheet metalffront and backportions having their meeting edges in a substantially flat plane, andsecuring means comprising a plurality of groups of the characterdescribed, a

three lugs, two. of sald lugs being formed integrally in spaced relationupon the edge of one portion and the other lug being formed integrallyupon the edge of the other portion and disposed between said lugs, saidlugs being clamped upon the opposed portions to secure them together,sheet metal feet portions, and cooperat ng lugs on sald frontand backportions and said feet portions adapted to secure the latter to thefront and back portions, and a vibratory motor supported within saidfigure.

' 2. In a doll, a body formed of a pair of sections secured toabuttingrelation,

sheet metal feet sections, interlocking lugs carried by the sections andfeet and bent FRANK L. LINDSTROM.

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